upp

See also: Upp

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʏhp/
  • Rhymes: -ʏhp

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse upp. Akin to English up.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊpː/, [ʊpʰː], [ʊ̟pʰː], [upʰː]
  • (Gudbrand Valley) IPA(key): [ʊ̟ʰpʰː]

Adverb

upp

  1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of opp (up)
    Upp i dalenUp into the valley (lative)

References

  • “upp” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *upp. Cognate with Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old Dutch up, Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /upp/, [up]

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Usage notes

This word is used to describe where something is going: sēo sunne gǣþ upp (“the sun goes up”). To describe where something is located, the word uppe is used instead: sēo sunne is uppe (“the sun is up”).

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: up, upp, ap
    • English: up
    • Scots: up
    • Yola: ap, up

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *upp (up). Cognate with Old English upp, Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old High German ūf, Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup).

Preposition

upp

  1. up

Derived terms

  • uptaug

Descendants

  • Icelandic: upp
  • Faroese: upp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: upp
  • Old Swedish: up
  • Danish: op
    • Norwegian Bokmål: opp
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: opp

References

  • upp”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • opp (common in some Swedish dialects)

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵp/, [ɵpː]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɵp

Adverb

upp (not comparable)

  1. up (away from earth’s centre)
    Antonym: ner
    Han klättrade upp för stegen, så nu är han uppe på taket
    He climbed up the ladder, so now he's up on the roof

Derived terms

  • uppe (up, as a location)
  • uppå (upon)

References

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